Ányos Jedlik
Hungarian physicist and Roman Catholic priest · Scientists · Lived 1800 to 1895 · aged 95
Ányos István Jedlik was a Hungarian inventor, engineer, physicist, and Benedictine priest. He was also a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and author of several books. He is considered by Hungarians and Slovaks to be the unsung father of the dynamo and electric motor.
Ányos Jedlik is read about 48 times a day, in 21 languages.
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Statue of Jedlik and his cousin Gergely Czuczor in Győr
Jedlik's "lightning-magnetic self-rotor", 1827 (the world's first electric motor)
Jedlik's tubular voltage generator, which is probably the earliest impulse generator
Drawn plan of a "telephon" by Ányos Jedlik in Hungarian. Pannonhalma Archabbey, Kingdom of Hungary.
Jedlik's bust in his native village of ZemnéAwards
About this person
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1800 to 1895 · aged 95
